Jaipur, July 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Medical and Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar said that the state government is deeply concerned and sensitive about maternal deaths and is committed to strengthening maternal healthcare across Rajasthan. He stated that the recent maternal deaths reported from Kota, Bikaner, Bhilwara and Banswara were associated with high-risk conditions such as anaemia, hypertension, Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH), nutritional deficiencies and other complications. Most of the…
Latest Maternal deaths News & Updates
Jaipur, July 11 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has taken the recent eight maternal deaths (six in Bhilwara and two in Banswara) with utmost seriousness and has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incidents, officials said on Saturday. State Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar said that specialist officers from the Directorate of Medical and Health Services have been deputed to both districts to ascertain the actual causes of the deaths through a scientific and fact-based inquiry. …
Jaipur, June 28 (IANS) What began as a series of unexplained maternal deaths in Rajasthan has now snowballed into a nationwide drug safety investigation. Seven women, who had recently given birth, lost their lives over a span of less than two months, prompting the Union Health Ministry to cancel the manufacturing licence of the company producing the Oxytocin injection suspected to be linked to the cases.The World Health Organisation (WHO) has also stepped in, seeking a detailed report from the I…
Jaipur, June 9 (IANS) Close on the heels of maternal deaths in Kota, a serious medical concern has surfaced at PBM Hospital in Bikaner, where five women developed severe complications, including kidney failure, after giving birth. The affected women experienced a deterioration in their health days after delivery, prompting concern among hospital authorities and the state government. Following reports of the incident, Rajasthan Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar convened a high-level meeting …
Bhopal/Sidhi, June 3 (IANS) A day after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over 53 maternal deaths in Sidhi district, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly, Umang Singhar, said on Wednesday that the Commission’s intervention confirms the “extreme gravity” of the healthcare crisis and warrants an impartial probe. The NHRC took ‘suo motu’ cognisance on Tuesday of media reports that 53 pregnant women died during antenatal and …
Jaipur, May 12 (IANS) Taking serious note of the deaths of expectant mothers at the Medical College Hospital in Kota, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla chaired a high-level review meeting on Tuesday at the CAD Auditorium in Kota. The meeting was attended by Medical Department Principal Secretary Gayatri Rathore, Kota Divisional Commissioner Anil Agarwal, District Collector Piyush Samariya, and superintendents and medical officers from several hospitals, including the Medical College Hospital and J.K…
Jaipur, May 11 (IANS) Kota’s healthcare system has come under scrutiny after four women died due to Caesarean section complications at hospitals in the city over the past week. The poor healthcare system has left newborn babies motherless and triggered outrage across Rajasthan, as the death toll continues to rise, and the number of women turning critical due to kidney failure is also increasing.As several other women battle kidney failure and critical complications, grieving families hav…